Fall, Joseph Stewart Temple

Survived 1940-07-01

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date

Born: Hillbank, Cowichan Valley, B.C.

Harold Tempe Fall & Florence Lallie Stewart Good

Home: Duncan, B.C.

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: 1915-08-23

Decorations: DSC & bar(2), AFC

Distinguished Service Cross 2 Bar

Service

RAF

Unit

9 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RNAS)

Base

France

Rank

Group Captain, RCAF

Position

Squadron Leader, RAF

Service Numbers

Home
Google MapDuncan, B.C.
First Burial
Google MapSaint John The Baptist Anglican Church Cemetery, Cobble Hill, Cowichan Valley, B.C.
Joe Fall suffered a serious brain injury as a child (fell out of a hayloft) and required emergency surgery.Turned down for Army service in Canada because of the head injury, he took a preliminary course in flying at the Stinson School in Dayton Ohio, paid his own passage to England and presented himself for service in the navy. Wearing his hair long to cover the scar he was accepted, and when he mentioned his flying experience they put him in the RNAS. By 1917-12-19 Squadron Leader Fall had over 27 victories to his credit and was awarded his third DSC. In April 1918, he joined the staff of the School of Gunnery and Fighting at Freiston in England, where he spent the remainder of the war instructing. Joe stayed in the RAF as a career, serving all over the world. His final posting before retirement (1945) was back to Canada to command No 33 Elementary Flying Training School at Carberry, Manitoba.

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Pup B3898

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Group Captain, RCAF Fall, Joseph Stewart Temple (RAF)
pilot
Survived
1940-July-01
Anglican Church of St John the Baptist, Cobble Hill Road, Cobble Hill, British Columbia, Canada

Sopwith Pup

Source Kestrel Publications.
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The Sopwith Pup quickly became a favourite with pilots of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). It was superior to the Fokker D.III and more than a match for any of the new Halberstadt and Albatros scouts.

Armed with a single synchronous machine gun, it was lighter and less dangerous than its successor, the Sopwith Camel. Although underpowered, pilots liked the plane because it was maneuverable and fast. It could climb and hold its altitude better than any other fighter. In August 1917, the Sopwith Pup was the first aircraft to land aboard a moving ship, the Royal Navy's H.M.S. Furious. Canadian crews saw service withSopwith Pups while attached to the Royal Naval Air Service.

At least three Sopwith Pups were also allocated to No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron of the Canadian Air Force (CAF) at Shoreham-by-the-Sea in the UK in 1918 likely as proficiency trainers. No. 1 (CAF) Squadron had Sopwith Dolphin and Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a's on strength as the primary fighter aircraft. Kestrel Publications

I have looked up the booklet that is all I have on the Sopwith Pup. There is a brief list of the serial numbers, And all I can tell is that B5333 and B5348 were built at Whitehead Aircraft, Richmond as part of the series B5251-B5400. None of the serials B4158, B4148, B4338 that you asked about seem to be valid according to the list that I have here (no serials from any of the producing factories begin with B4).

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